I'd like to see more complex topics explained this way. Imagine an organic chemistry comic novel!
I think people make a lot of topics seem way more complicated than they need to be, probably to make themselves feel important.
I think people make a lot of topics seem way more complicated than they need to be, probably to make themselves feel important.
I haven't read all of them, but they're a good attempt. (If you enjoy or can tolerate the quirkiness of japanese manga style.)
Check out The Manga Guide to Databases
https://smile.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-Mana-Takahash...
or The Manga Guide to Statistics
https://smile.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Statistics-Shin-Takahas...
or The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra
https://smile.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Linear-Algebra/dp/15932...
[1] https://www.nostarch.com/manga
From the top Amazon review on The Manga Guide to Databases:
"STORY: A friend loaned me this book to show her, so I gave it to her and asked her to try it. If she read the first 10 pages and it was boring, she should stop. If she liked it, she could keep it until she was done. She opened it on the spot and was 20 pages in before she realized she still was standing in the middle of our kitchen. One day later, she was finished and said it was "cool" and that she liked it.
I asked her if she learned anything or if it was just a story and she started talking. She said a little bit and talked about tables and how information is stored in columns and rows. She talked in a 9 year old's language and vocabulary, but basically explained to me the concept and benefits of centralized data stored in a single database. She made a couple other comments whose specifics I can't remember, but clearly articulated database ideas. It was somewhat surreal hearing these things come from a 3rd grader's mouth. She didn't feel like she had learned very much. I told her I probably could count on my fingers how many people at my work (300 people total - manufacturing industry, not IT) knew more about databases than she did, based on what she had finished telling me."
The rubber duck strikes again.
However, I'm very glad that SMBC sticks to the wonderful humour and I certainly don't want the author to change the comic. Just take it for what it is: a humour for those who already know about the topic, and don't pretend it's educational.